Chords for Doc Watson - St James Infirmary.wmv

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Am

G

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[Em]
[G] Let's do the hard blues right here, Richard.
That one that you have to get down,
kind of sit [A#] down on the ground to [A] really listen to it
[Fm] as you slow [Em] down.
Sam listens in the good old key of E blues [E] minor down there.
[Em] I'll talk a little bit about it,
and then we'll get into it.
I don't know if Byron's waiting to see my chords.
I forgot to [G#] go through this one.
[E] It's a little different from the regular [Em] blues.
[D] My [C] chords are so ethnic.
[B] [D#] [Em]
[A#] Anyway, this is St.
James Infirmary, it's called.
And [E] I heard some of the [Gm] big band people do this song.
Phil Harris, for one, namely.
Old Phil had a [C] certain intro he [Gm] did,
and then I'll show you how me and Richard started it off.
Old Phil says,
[Em] ♪ When will I ever be happy ♪
[Am] When will I ever [Em] smile ♪
[Am] My baby went and left me [C]
♪ And she'll be gone a long, long [B] while ♪
[Gm] Here's the way me and Richard [A] started it.
[B] [C]
[B] [Em] ♪ I went down to [B] that St.
[Em]
James [F#] Infirmary [Em]
♪ Heard Sweet Baby [Am] Growl ♪
[Em] ♪ Nobody down there could cheer me ♪
[Am] Cause I know [B] that [Em] she'd soon be gone ♪
♪ As I was standing there aggrieved and ♪
♪ My heart feeling just [A] like [Am] lead ♪
[C#] ♪ Knowing [B] [C#] she'd soon be leaving ♪
[C] ♪ I was [G] wishing that it was me [C#] instead, oh Richard [B] [Em]
[B] [Em]
[A] [Am]
[E] [A] [Gm] [B] [C#]
[C] [B]
[Em] I went [Bm] out to Old [C#] Joe's Barroom ♪
♪ Most of my
[Em] friends were [C] there ♪
[Em] ♪ But nobody [G] seemed to [Em] understand the trouble ♪
♪ I [Am] tell [C] you nobody [C#]
seemed to care [E]
♪ And [Em] when I got back to [Bm] that [Em] St.
James [C#]
Infirmary ♪
♪ Oh, what a [Am] scary night ♪
[Em] ♪ Sweet Baby let [Bm] on that [Em]
[G] she was pale [B]
[Em]
♪ And when I put my hand on her pretty face ♪
♪ It was cold, wild, [Am] and I
[Em] know that [Bm] no one ♪
♪ Could [Em] ever take her place [G]
♪ Lord it made me [Em] feel so alone, oh Richard ♪
[Gm] [B] [Em]
[Am]
[E] [A] [B] [Em]
[C] [B]
[Em]
♪ She's gone, yes she's gone, God bless her
[G]
[Am] She might be,
[Em] if she searched [B] this [Em] whole world over ♪
[C] ♪ She wouldn't have found a [B] father's lover [G] as good as [Em] me ♪
[Bm] St.
James [C#] Infirmary, oh, cause when the baby's [C] born [Am]
[Em] ♪ Nobody [B] down [Em] there could cheer me [G] [C]
[F#] [B]

♪ She might be [Em] gone ♪
[E]
[N] [C]
[N]
Key:  
Em
121
B
12341112
C
3211
Am
2311
G
2131
Em
121
B
12341112
C
3211
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Let's do the hard blues right here, Richard.
That _ one that you have to get down,
kind of sit [A#] down on the ground to [A] really listen to it
[Fm] as you slow [Em] down. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Sam listens in the good old key of E blues [E] minor down there.
[Em] _ I'll talk a little bit about it,
and then we'll _ _ _ get into it. _
_ I _ don't know if Byron's waiting to see my chords.
I forgot to [G#] go through this one.
[E] It's a little different from the regular [Em] blues.
_ _ _ [D] My [C] chords are so ethnic.
[B] _ _ [D#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A#] Anyway, this is St.
James Infirmary, it's called.
_ _ And [E] I heard some of the [Gm] big band _ people do this song.
Phil Harris, for one, namely.
Old Phil had a [C] certain intro he [Gm] did,
and then I'll show you how me and Richard started it off.
_ Old Phil says,
[Em] _ ♪ When will I ever be happy ♪
♪ _ _ _ [Am] When will I ever [Em] smile ♪
[Am] My baby went and left me _ [C]
♪ And she'll be gone a long, long [B] while ♪ _ _
_ [Gm] Here's the way me and Richard [A] started it.
[B] _ [C] _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ ♪ I went down to [B] that St.
[Em]
James [F#] Infirmary [Em]
♪ _ _ _ _ Heard Sweet Baby [Am] Growl ♪
[Em] ♪ _ Nobody down there could cheer me ♪
[Am] Cause I know [B] that [Em] she'd soon be gone _ _ ♪
♪ As I was standing there aggrieved and ♪
♪ My heart feeling just [A] like [Am] lead _ ♪
[C#] ♪ Knowing _ _ [B] [C#] she'd soon be leaving _ ♪
[C] ♪ I was [G] wishing that it was me [C#] _ instead, oh Richard [B] [Em]
♪ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ [Gm] _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ I went [Bm] out to Old [C#] Joe's _ Barroom _ _ ♪
♪ Most of my _
[Em] friends were [C] there ♪
[Em] ♪ But nobody [G] seemed to [Em] understand the trouble ♪
♪ I [Am] tell [C] you nobody [C#] _
seemed to care _ [E]
♪ And [Em] when I got back to [Bm] that [Em] St.
James [C#]
Infirmary ♪
_ _ ♪ Oh, what a [Am] scary night _ ♪
[Em] ♪ Sweet Baby let [Bm] on that _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [G] she was pale [B] _
_ _ [Em] _ ♪
♪ _ And when I put my _ hand on her pretty face ♪
♪ It was cold, wild, [Am] and I _ _ _
[Em] _ know that [Bm] no one ♪
♪ Could [Em] ever take her place [G]
♪ Lord it made me [Em] feel so alone, oh Richard ♪
_ [Gm] _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
♪ She's _ gone, yes she's gone, God bless her _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ ♪
[Am] She might be, _ _
[Em] if she searched [B] _ this [Em] whole world over ♪
[C] ♪ She wouldn't have found a [B] father's lover [G] as good as [Em] me ♪ _ _
_ _ _ ♪ [Bm] St.
James [C#] Infirmary, _ _ _ _ _ oh, cause when the baby's [C] born [Am]
_ [Em] ♪ Nobody [B] down [Em] there could cheer me _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _

♪ She might be [Em] gone ♪ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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